Improvement in methods of making ice



B. HOPPENYAN.

METHQD OF MAKING ICE. N0.177.717. I Pa'tented Ma.y 23. 1876.

WITNESSES N. PETERS, FHOTO-LITHDGRAPHEH, WASHINGTON. D Q

UNITED STATEs PATENT OF ICE.

BERNARD EICPPENYAN, OF HANCOCK, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN METHODS OF MAKING ICE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I 77,?17, dated May 23, 1876 application filed April 18, 1876. I

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, B RNARD HOPPENYAN, of Hancock, Houghton county, Michigan, have invented anew and Improved Method of Making Ice,'of which the following is aspecifieation:

My invention consists in making ice inl'ayers or cakes, and at the same time storing it in the ice-house by sprinkling the water in freez ing weather on paper, and between partitions of paper, arranged to separate the ice in layers or blocks of suitable sizeand thickness,

the water being sprinkled slowly,'so as to freeze as it falls, orverysoon afterward, and

' the paper being coated with melted resin and tallow, or other suitable su bstances,'to prevent the ice from sticking to it, and enabling the ice to be taken out readily in blocks; The joints of the paper will be made water-tight, to prevent the water from running out when required, by heating the paper a little, so as to stick together by the coating. About twothirds of resin to one-third tallow are the requisite proportions.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a sectional eleva tion, and Fig. -2 is a horizontal section, of an ice-house containing ice prepared according to my method.

A represents the walls of the ice-house; B, the paper partitions; and G the blocks. Some ot' the partitions may be inclined, as shown,

BERNARD HOPPENYAN.

Witnesses J OHN FLEMING, L. SURPRENANT. 

